Dendroi oa castanea . 
Lake Urabagog, New England. 
Nest /5 (3049), June 14, 1097, coll.Wm.Brewster. Female 
started from nest and positively identified. Eggs fresh. N.end 
of Great Island on hillside 100 yds from Lake in large red spruce 
50 ft.from ground on stout drooping branch 5 ft.fr.tip, 15 ft.fr. 
trunk. Female sat very close. When started off fluttering down 
nearly to ground quivering her wi«ngs & pretending to be disabled. 
Nest found & taken by Watrous. I assisted, sa-w & identified the 
bird. (Gf.journal for full details). 
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Nest /5 (3050), June 14, 1897, coll.Yta.Brewster. Female 
seen on nest & posi ti vely identified. Eggs fresh. Within 10 yds. 
of Lake on Pine Point on stout, drooping limb of large Red Spruce, 
13 ft.fr.trunk, 5 ft.fr.end of branch, 20 ft.fr.ground, showing 
conspicuously from beneath but well concealed from points above & 
on all sides. Female sat ver y closely. Cf.journal & photograph 
of nest in situ. 
Nest /b (3056), June 16, 1897, C.H.Watrous. "Female 
seen on nest & both birds seen flying about it." Male seen by W.B. 
Eggs fresh. "On Great Id.15 yds fr.Lake in Red Spruce on stout 
horizontal branch, 25 ft.fr.ground, II ft.fr.trunk, 3 ft.fr.end of 
branch. Nest found June 16 when it had at least 4 eggs. We did 
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not take it then because there was no bird on it. A male Baybreast 
was singing near by, however, & twice he visited the spruce and 
flitted close about the nest showing evident interest in it. 
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